To say that DA housing policy has been feeble is the biggest understatement of its 16-year rule in the City of Cape Town. The city claims that finding suitable land for housing remains a challenge. Yet, the DA-ruled Cape Town is the country’s largest landowner behind the National Government. Is it the lack of land holding the city back, or a blatant disregard for the plight of the poor and those in need of homes?
The murderers of Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot last week must be brought to justice, but so must unethical political and vigilante leaders who have been allowed to demonise migrants be held to account.
Ten days ago GOOD requested George Mayor, Leon Van Wyk, to present to council allegations that two senior staff members in the municipality had been irregularly appointed on the instruction of the Director for Community Services, Alan Paulse.
Rules must be re-evaluated as Western Cape Premier receives the green light to appoint disgraced matriculant career politician to a high-earning position.
We welcome the President’s announcement that the State of Disaster, under which we have lived for over two years, will be lifted at midnight tonight.
Three years after the City of Cape Town promised to amend its noise by-laws to exclude the Muslim call to prayer from the definition of “noise disturbance”, the amendment hasn’t been made.
k forward to Tshwane’s Executive Mayor, Randall Williams, tabling a fully funded budget that also demonstrates that the DA has learnt from the mistakes of the last term. Last term was characterised by an unlawful multi-billion rand contracts, being placed under administration, a Moody’s downgrade and just general governance chaos in the Capital City.
GOOD speech by Brett Herron,GOOD: Secretary-General & Member of Parliament 30 March 2022 Note to editor: This speech was delivered by GOOD Secretary-General, Brett Herron, during the debate on the…
GOOD notes the withdrawal of the ill-conceived Motion of No Confidence into the President of the Republic.
In a disappointing, yet unsurprising, move, the DA's Mayor of George Municipality, Cllr van Wyk, has decided that the allegations made against senior officials do not warrant an investigation.